Olympic diver Tom Daley says: "I am a gay man now"

Diver Tom Daley, who previously said "of course I still fancy girls" when he came out as bisexual last December, says he is "a gay man now."

Speaking on ITV2's Celebrity Juice, the Olympic medal-winning athlete said that his relationship with 39-year-old Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black is "all good".

The 19-year-old star also explained why he chose to come out in a video posted on YouTube and admitted that he was "terrified" of the reaction.

He said: "I came out on YouTube as I wanted to say what I wanted to say without anyone twisting it. I told my family before I told the world. I was terrified. I did not know what the reaction was going to be. "I did it on YouTube because people were constantly digging and asking questions."

The video was viewed over 6 million times.

Before coming out as bisexual, Tom had previously denied being gay, but in an interview with The Mirror said: "Even if I was, I wouldn't be ashamed. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest what people thought."

Speaking on Celebrity Juice, Tom went on to recall an encounter with a woman who revealed he had given her son the confidence to tell her he is gay.

He said: "Two days later after I posted the video I was on my way to Houston to a training camp and this old lady comes up to me in a wheelchair, and wheels over and says, 'I would like to say thank you'."

"'You inspired my son to be able to tell me he was gay.' I was like, 'Oh wow' and then she goes, 'But he is married with three kids!' I was like, 'Have a nice flight... '"

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Since coming out on five months ago, Tom has signed a deal to host a television travel series for ITV2 and is now the face of Adidas' Neo range, a contract reportedly worth £300,000.